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S:f;e C!)atl)nu) Uccorb JT. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPBETOR. BATES ADVERTISING One square, one insertion $1.00 Oue squire, tv o in.soi tiuns. ... 1.50 Olio squure, one moi.th . 2. OS TERUS OF SUBSCRIPTICM, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance. VOL XIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUXTV, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1897. NO, .'51). 1 r .i Ivcrt.' I Ir'i :v.y!itH libera) witam cn.ni:it ix. Jason Harrison's intense excitement was occasioned by the perusal if a brief article in tint evening paper, which an nounced that James Sunburn Imil died suddenly at his residence in Albany, lit ten o'clock that very morning. It was certainly something moro than a mere coincidence, but James Snnborn wnn the it i ii ii with whom Stuart Ilarland claimed to have had a business engage ment on the night e if the murder. "I mil saved! The death of James Snnborn renders tho discovery I havo tlremleil scarcely probable. What n weight Is lifteil from my mind! Now, I will nee Stuart, unci we will come to nn understanding," rellecteil the broker. Hut it wax too late to visit the prison that day, ami hi lie wiih obliged to defer tiin call until morning. At the earliest hour on the following morning at which he could gain an en trance to the prbon the broker visited Klimi't 1 1 Al ia ml. The young man greeted bin employer In a raiher reserved manner, but he eagerly iniUlivd as to how F.dmi had received the news of the misfortune which had ho unexpectedly hnfallcn him. (lurrison assured Ilarland of the fnith ami conlldencp of his betrothed, anil then he said: "I will not conceal from you, Stuart, that I understand why you persistently refused to explain the real motive of your midnight visit to Albany." "I wan aware that you could not be ig norant of the consider.. lion by which I wnn nctuated. 1 had determined to Khield you from the deplorable conse quences of nn act of criminal folly. I cannot comprehend, however, how, if in the possession of your senses, you could hnvn been guil'y of such a deed. It seems to mo that you must have known thnt, In the onliiuirv course of events, discovery was inevitable," replied Har laud. I Whs ilrlveti lo ilesperatlon. I wnn mud, if you will, and then, too, I count ed upon redeeming the cheque, and squaring the matter by the payment of tin "xtrn thousand or so. "So you relied upon making terms with James Sanborn. Where, may I nsk, diil you expect to procure the money';" "You have heard me speak of my Col nrai'o property? Very well; I have put it up fur sale. My agent announced thnt I could rely on receiving the price for which he had agreed to sell it HUH by the 2;ld instant." "I begin to comprehend how you reas oned in the desperate extremity to which those scoundrels, Pratt and Weeks, had driven you, and yet 1 would never have deemed il possible that a business man like yourself would have resorted to Hitch u desperate expedient as a forgery." "Hush! Some one may hear us. I confess all, 1 forged .lames Sanborn's name to the cheque for $7N,nnii," said (ianisoii, dropping his voice to a whis per. "I knew that I had so perfectly imi tated his signature that it would i c im possible for any one except James San born himself toileted it, and I think it probable he would not have suspected It hilil he seen the cheque, except for the fact that he would know he had not given paper for any such amount. "I knew that Snnborn would not see the cheque until In called on Ids hanker to balance his account when it would be returned to him. I was also aware that he seldom had bis account balanced and his cheque turned ill more than once a mouth. I believed I should have ample time to tlx matters with him even if my remittance of the purchase money from the sale of the t'oloriulo claim was de layed. Yesterday I received the news from my Western agent that the prop erty in Colorado could not bo disposed of now that the proposed sale hud fallen through." "Then discovery Is inevitable nnd you tire lost. I am sulllciently well ac quainted with James Sanborn's char acter to comprehend that, ho will exact restitution or place you in n criminal cell. When I visited Albany on the night of the murder I was on my way to see James Sanborn in your behalf. You know he is an old ami devoted friend of our family. Hut let me explain how I discovered that the cheque for seventy eight thousand was n forgery despite your conviction that it could not be de tected. As you know I was James San born's private secretary for a year, and consequently I inn more familiar with Ids signature than any one 1 know of. I examined the forged cheque after John Oakhurn received It from you, and my suspicion was aroused, but 1 was not sure, for as you liuvo said the imitation of the signature was wonderfully per fect. Hut chance decided the doubt. Half mi hour later 1 met John San- bom in the street in company . with a friend. We talked for it few moments and he mentioned thnt you had importuned him for a lnrge loan, but he assured me that he had declined to advance you any money whatever. I was shocked and confused nnd tho presence of Sanborn's friend preveiitc 1 me from speaking then. I hastened back to our ofllce determined to reveal my discovery to John Oakburn and prevent his presenting the forged check nt the bank. l!ut fate was against me. When 1 arrived nt the ofllee Oak burn was not there, mid 1 was informed mat he had gone to the bank. I started In pursuit of him but I did not overtake him as I hoped I should. On the con tia'y I met him returning with the i i ney which lie had received for the check. It would have been useless to tell Onkhimi then, and so 1 held my police. 1 1 1 1 I li'id resolved that Kdna's fath r hhoiitd not be disgraei d. and I do tentmed to see Sanborn and pledge uiy pros! . live fortune to pay the anioiuitof the l urged draft, nnd win his promise to keep the so ret of yi urcrime. 1 count . d on Saiiboin s friendship, and the fact that since In- Is a millionaire he could wait fur his money without Inconven ience, but 1 knew Sanborn waB no longer in tho city, for when I encounter ed him on the street ho was on his way to the depot nnd hi; had said ho should take the first train for home. Tho all important question then wns, when would Snnborn see the forged check? "It. chanced that tho cashier of tho bank nt which the cheque wns cashed wns nn old friend of mlno, and from him I succeeded in obtaining tho Informa tlon I desired whllo I concealod my purpose. "To my consternation I learned that. Mr. Snnborn had called nt the bnnk thnt very day and left instruction to havo his deposit book balanced and returned to 111 in with cheques cashed to date by tho first mail on tho next morning. Then I knew that I must see Sanborn thnt very night. 1 determined to make tho Journey in secret so that no suspicion might bo awakened In the mind of nnv one. Hv taking the 1:40 night train I knew that I could make tho trip to Albniiv nnd n turn by ten next morning. As I was ar rested the moment I left the train in Albany, I was unable to see Mr. San born, ami so nil my efforts in your be half have failed and I have placed my self In n false position which mny prove most serious." Tho young man thus concluded his ex planation. Then (inrrison told him of .fames San born's death. "You are snved then nfter nil, for no one enn prove the cheque a forgery now. Hut. I sincerely regret the death 'of my old friend. How uncertain human ex istence is," said Stuart. "True; but Stuart, I cannot express my gratitude to you. I am n penitent mnn. The experience through which I have passed shall serve mo as n life long lesson one that will never bo fur gotten while I live, ' said (inrrison. "I will keep your secret inviolate, but the amount of the forged cheque shall some day bo made good to James San born's estate," said Stuart. "It shall. If life is spared me, I will make restitution in full," answered ( inrri son, earnestly. "Hut you must hate and despise me," he added. "No, that would be to do violence to our previous cordial relations. I pity you and regret this unfortunate affair. Money is but a mess of pottage weighed against honor. Hut 1 understand your temptation. You were seeking to pro tect your credit, which is all in all to a man of business." Stuart understood (iarrison's weak and lowardly nature, and ho believed that he was sincere in all he said. "Above all, I am thankful that F.dna knows nothing of nil this, l'romise me, Stuart, she shall In ar nothing from your lips in ref rence to the cheque," implored the broker. "Your daughter would be tho last one to whom I would think of revealing it," replied Stuart. "1 thank you again. Hut now let us consider your own situation. I shnll send you a lawyer, mid l'axton, tho de tivo, who has affirmed his belief In your innocence from the very first, will call," said (ianisoii. After that they conversed for somo time. rrcsently, when (inrrison was about to leave the cell, ho remarked: " F.dna is very anxious to see you, and she would have Insisted on accompanying me, had she known I was coming to call here. As 1 wished to see you alone, 1 did not inform her. However, you may expect her before the day is over:" That afternoon, Kdna visited Stuart's cell, and, as may well be surmised, tho meeting between the betrothed luvers was a most affectionate one. Hut Kdna could not understand why Stuart could su obstinately refuse to tell what was the motive of his midnight journey, when tho explanation might have saved him, ami there were certain circumstances of which others were ig norant that troubled her. Stuart had promised to accompany her on mi excursion by moonlight up tho Hudson nn tic night of the murder, and they had planned to visit Stuart's aunt, who resided in Albany, and return on the following day. F.dna suspected a mystery, but she en tertained not tho slightest suspicion of the truth. In common with most women who love since-ely, she was inclined to jeal ousy. lhiriiig the earliest conversation which ensued between tho broker's daughter mid her nfliauccd, she approached the subject which troubled her. "Surely you can trust me, Stuart, for you know 1 nm devoted to you. Will you nut tell me tho truth? what wns the cause of your midnight journey to Al bany?" Stuart was silent fur a moment. She noticed his hesitation, and the thought which were lu her mind were clearly rollout od on her beautiful, mobile feature if. Stuart was quick todiscern the shadow of doubt, which had appeared upon the face of Ids betrothed, and he suspected Its cause. "1 cannot tell yon why I visited Al bany. It is a secret of another," finally said. The shadow on Edna's fair face deep ened as she answered: "I am disappointed. Even though you would not trust my dear father whom you know to be the soul of truth and honor, I believed you would contldo in me." " You do not doubt my innocence of tho terrible crime?" "Oh, no, no. It is not that. Hut your strange reticence troubles me." "Ah," thought Stuart, with some bit terness, "the very act which I did to save her father, and tho snorillce for which 1 am paying the penalty uow, has caused the woman I love to doubt me. Hut even had I not bound myself to keep the secret of her father's forgery, I I could not blacken his reputation to his j child, could not shatter her sublime I faith in his tiuth nnd honor." Edna departed still troubled by Stu- art s refusal to tell her the secret of his midnight journey. Hut while Ilarland was in prison, Marion Oakburn, tho murdered cashier's daughter, was In doubt and trouble. I She was working out the destiny which ' fate had ordained she should bring upon ' herself. From the tlmo when she hud diseov- ; ered Judith Kredge, tho Janitor's slste at her chamber door, Mnrlon knew thnt she was iu a position moro cruelly try ing than she believed could possibly have been tho outgrowth of nny series of episodes to which tho fiot of her father's murder and the attendnnt cir cumstances could have given birth. Marion Oakburn feared Judith Kredgo; there could bo no doubting that. Hut why did sho experience this terror? Only the guilty fear, It Is fald, nnd yet this noble girl wns the last one nt whom suspicion of wrong-doing of any kind would be directed. It seemed. Hut herein is tho mystery, herein a compli cation bo strange and inexplicable thnt wo cannot fathom it. mid which wns destined long to perplex and puzzle. Paxton, the detective, in the task of un raveling the mystery of John Oukburn's fate, which ho had undertaken villi all his heart. On the evening following tho murder Marion wns closeted in her Bleeping room. She had turned tho key in the lock, and sho bcllovcd tho door was se cured. With trembling hands, sho unlocked and opened a trunk, lifted out the tiny, nnd removed tho contents of the re- ceptaclo beneath It until the bottom of tho trunk wns reached, nnd n strange looking pistol of largo caliber which wns concealod there wns disclosed to her view. Mnrlon shuddered ns her eyes rested upon the deadly weapon. "I drond to touch it, nnd yet it must bo gotten rid of," hIio muttered. The next instant a startled cry es caped her lips as she felt a heavy hand on her shoulders, mid through hor mind darted tho appalling thought: "The secret Is discovered! All Is lost!" rllAI'TKK X. Mnrion Oakburn had not secured the door as sho suppos d she had done, ami Judith Kredgo, who seemed to hnvo de voted herself to the task of spying upon the cashier's daughter, entered tho room in n stealthy manner, nnd crept to Mar lon's side. Sho it was who placed her hand upon tho shoulder of the girl as she stood gazing into tho trunk where the strnngp-looklng pistol Iny. Propping the lid of tho trunk with n crash, Mnrion wheeled about Instantly as she felt tho weight of Judith's hand. "You here!" sho cried excit dly, us sho beheld tho woninn. "Yes, and I saw the pistol nt the bot tom of that trunk." " Y'ou saw It?" "Yes, and It Is not. the first time. I suw you conceal it in your trunk on the night of your father's murder," answered Judith Kredgo. "Woman, what nwful thought is in your mind?" " Y'ou know well enough. You under stood mo when I told you you were in my power," replied the woman nnd then suddenly bending forward she hissed in Marlon's ear: "Y'ou killed your own father!" This was Judith Krodge's terrible ac cusation, Marion staggered to tho couch wilh which the sleeping-room was provided and sank down upon it. Hut in a mo ment she started up again nnd confronted Judith Kredgo with all the dignity of offended Innocence. "It is false! It Is a lie; a bnso, a mon strous lie!" she cried. Judith Kredgo lnughed mirthlessly. "Y'ou see whut evidence sent Stuart Hnrlnnd to prison. How much stronger, how much more terrible is the evidence I enn give ngninst you," she said. "Judith, you nro doing mo an awful wrong!" "No, I siw you with my own eyes. I know you lind just come from the ofllce in which your father lay dead when von culled nt iny room ami pretended you wore so much alarmed because vour father had not come homo." "And you who know mo can believe such an awful thing of me?" "It matters not how well you.may idav your part, Miss Marion, I am not to be deceived. (lirl, my evidence would hung you!" Judith Kredgo uttered the last words In a terrible voice. "Do you moan to publicly accuse mo?" "That depends." "I'pun what? Spenk plainly. Once nnd for nil, you and I must clearly un derstand each other, Judith Kredgo." "If it was made worth my while I might keep your secret," answered Ju dith Kredgo, and there wns a cunning glance iu her eyes. "Ah, you mean that I must bribe you?" 'Tut it that way if you like." The two women g.i.id at each other In silence for a moment, and each wns striving to read the other's most secret thought. "Tell me your price," snid Marion. "You have three thousand dollars?" "Yes, and thnt is nil I have." "Very well, theu you can pny me no more. That amount will do," said Ju dith, with a malicious grin. "And you would thus rob me leave me penniless?" "Yes, iny fair lady. Ha, 1 want to see your pride have a fall. I'd like to see you feel what it is to want, as 1 have in my time. What are you? You are no better than I am. Work, work as 1 have done or starve," hissed the vindictive creature in u harsh voice. "You nro an ungrateful wretch ! A ser pent to turn and sting the hand that has fed you. lint you shall have your price. I'll not relinquish my purpose yet,"' Ma rion Oakburn answered resolutely. Judith Kredgo chuckled exultantly. To herself she muttered bnlf Innud ibly: "Throo thousand dollars. Xot a bad night's work, it was lucky that I hap pened to bo awake and see her. She wns honest when she said she only had throo thousaud dollars, which I knew to bo tho nmount of a, legacy she roccived. Now, who got tho stolen money, 1 won der. Ah, my dear brother Levi, you are keeping a secret from me, 1 think: we shall see whether you nro moro cunning than I nm, or not." One evening several days subsequent- I ly, oftorthe remains of John Oakburn I hud been consigned to their last resting ) place nnd "the crime of the broker's i olllco" had censed to he the one exciting ; topic of conversation, Marion Oakburn j received a call. The visitor of the cashier's daughter : was the old gentleman called Kichard j Stnumoro. ! The appearand of tho aged stranger, agitated Marion strangely, and sho did , not regain her composure until sho had i been in his presence for somo moments, j In a few weil-selocted words Stan- I more explained that he hud taken a gr. nt interest in the mysterious murder . of her futher. Ho also asked a number j of questions which Marion promptly an- j swered. Thus Stnnmore obtained the Informa tion that .Marion supposed her father to bo worth n small fortune and that the money had been kept In his private safe which stood in the roar apartment of the broker's oflloe, which it seemed the assassin had not opened. This, we remember, wns precisely tho Information she had given Jason Garri son. Marion nlso In tho course of the inter view found ocenson to reiterate her con viction in terms most positive that Stuurt Ilarland wns entirely innocent of all knowledge of tho terrible crl'uc. So very confident was sho on this point, that Staumore thought: "One would surmiso that shehassomo proof of Ilarland's Innocence which she dues nut care to reveal. " Permit me to Inquire, Miss Oakburn, if I can bo of assistance to you in nny way?" Stitiimoro asked, as the thought that sho might ho in need of financial help entered Ids mind. "Thanks, 1 need no help nt present, sir," answered Marlon, and a ilush of color stole into her pule cheeks. "1'ardoii me. I was in former days your father's friend, nnd if nt nny time you should llml yourself in need of a friend upon whose fidelity you could de pend against all the world, call on Kieh nrit Stnnmore," mid the old gentleman, and he placed a curd on which wns writ ten his address in Marlon's hand. Then bowing low, after the manner of the gallants of the olden time, ho pressed the hand Marion had given him to his lips and took his departure. Stanmore's features wore unusually palo during the interview which had just ended, mid a keen observer would have suspected he was lighting a battle witli most powerful secret emotions which were struggling for tho mastery. Once out upon the street ho reeled as though he was the victim of a sudden vertigo and muttered iu a broken Voice: 'Tour girl! l'oor Marion! There is n mystery hero that must be solved. Elites! ' How weak I am. Jhe old spell eamo upon me. Il was an ordeal, but It is past. How bountiful she is, but how troubled and haggard her lovely features are. Oh, .Marion! Marion!" When the c.-i-hier's daughter found herself alone alter Slanmore's depnrt iirethe agitation which she had repressed during the inter lew just concluded bo t rayed Itself. Tho excited girl trembled nervously, "I feel that he is an honest mnn," sho thought, "and I will trust him. Who can tell? The time mny yet como when I shall be glad to remind him of the promise to befriend mo in the hour of dire extremity. ' Then she drew a locket from n chain about her nook, ami, opening impressed to her lips a miniature which it con tained. "It was the glance of this strange gen tleman's eye that unnerved me. I felt, the same when I saw him iu tho otliee. Ills eyes are like those of poor 1 oiinld'". Yes, I feel that he Is honorable and true," she said, and gazed lovingly upon the portrait in the locket. Meanwhile, after leaving Marlon, Hieharil Staninoro repaired tothootlico of l'axton, tho detective. At this hour tho detective was seated at his olllco desk reading and pondering upon the contents of the letter which ho had abstracted from the package of cor respondence found in John Oakburn'H sale. The letter wns rather n lengthy one, but one particular passage seemed to fasten I'axloii's attention, and he rend it carefully several limes. Tho passage which the detective wns apparent ly endeavoring to Impress upon his memory was us follows: "The hour shall come, John Oakburn, when you will be sorry for the great wrong you havo done mo." Tho letter was signed " Donald Way burn." l'axton had not been idle since tho Coroner's inquest hud ended. Ho liml procured ensts of the footprints which lie had discovered under the rear win dow of Garrison's ollice, and ho had In stituted a diligent search for the stranger who had exchanged overcoats with Stuurt 1 1 il il ii ii I . liespite all the efforts of tho detective and his export auxiliaries, the quest for the man who had iu his pocket the skele ton keys and the wax impressions of the sa'o and door locks of Garrison's ofllco had thus far resulted only in failure. Nut une solitary clue either to the iden tity or whereabouts of this mysterious personage was discovered. When Ilarland explained to the Coro ner that the stranger had exchanged overcoats with him, he had not neglect ed to give nn accurate and minute de scription of the unknown. l'axton had the word picture of this m-iii in his mind, and he was confident, that ho should recognize him at a glance. The detective believed that Stuart Ilarland told the truth, and therefore ho naturally formed the theory that the man who carried the skeleton keys was either John Oukburn's assassin or u confede rate of the.criminnl. l'axton had never hoped for such a perfect clue as was furnished him by Sluart Ilarland's description of the as sassin. "The tune of this letter is certainly rather threatening,' said I'nxton ns he read the passage from the letter signed by "Poiialil Waybiirn," which we have produced. "I must ascertain who Iionuld Way biirn is, and his antecedents must bo looked up. It is possible that robbery was not the only motive for this crime. Uevengo may have played u part In it. The idea tins c urred to mo that it may possibly turn out that 1'unald Wnyburn is the name of the man who carried the skeleton keys. We have learned that the name the follow gave Ilarland was nn alias which lie had assumed for the occasion." l'axton did uut kimw that Donald wns the given mimo of a mnn whose portrait Marion Oukbuin carried in her locket, and whom we may suppose was very dear to her. There was more of mystery in tho rnso than i'avtoii yet suspected. He had placed I'uiiuld YVayburn's let ter carefully in a safe whore ho kept im portant documents, when there came u rap at the ollice door. l'axton a moment later snw liichard Stanmoiv, who opened the door as ho bade him enter. (if course the old gentleman was an entire stranger to the detective, but he received him very politely and invited him to bo seated. TO HK CONTlNI En.' Mamma "My darling, don't you think you've eaten enough?" Maude "Me don't know. Me ain't dot a very bud tumiulckuchc yet." Har-1 por's F.jizar. I CHILDREN'S COLUMN. A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE - - BOYS AND GIRLS. Something thnt Will Interest the Ju venile Members of Kvery Household yuulnt Actions und lirlght Sayings of Many Cute und Cunning Children. When I'm n Mnn, (First Hoy.) When I'm n man, n mnn, I'll he n farmer if I can, nnd I can. I'll plow the ground and the seed I'll sow, I'll ren 1 1 the grain and the grass I'll mow, f'll hind the sheaves and I'll rake nd pitch it up on the mow When I'm a mnn. (Second Hoy.) When I'm a man, a man, I'll be n carpenter if I can, nnd I enn. I'll plane like this ami I'll linininer su, Anil this is tho way my saw shall go; I'll make bird houses and sleds and toys, Ami a ship that shall race with any bllj's- Wlu n I'm n mnn. . ' (Third Hoy.) When I'm n man. u man, A bliiiflisuiiih I'll bo if I enn. nnd I can. i'hing. clang, clang, shall iny anvil ring, And this is the way the bellows I'll swing; I'll shoo your horse, sir. m at and tight. Then I'll trut 'round the square to see if il.i's rinhl - When I'm n man. (l uurtli liuy.) aeu i m a man. a man. I'll he a shoemaker if I can. mid I enn. I'll sit on ii bench with my last held so, And in and out. with my needle go, I'll sew so strong that my work shall wenr Till nothing is left but my stitches there When I'm n man. (Tilth Hoy.) When I'm a man. a man, A doctor I'll be if I can, and I enn. My powders and pills shall be nice and sweet. And you shall have just what you like to j eat; I'll ( prescribe for you riding nnd sailing ami such, nd above all things you never must study ' ton much When I'm a man. ISMIi Itoy.l When T'ni n num. a man, .'II be a minister if 1 can, and I can. And once in a w hile a sci-iimn I'll make That can keep little boys and girls awake; l-'nr ah! dear mo! if ministers knew Uow glad we are when they do get through - When I'm a mnn. (Seventh Hoy.) When I'm n man, a man, I'll be a school committee if I can. nnd I can. And once a week I'll como into school. And say. ".Miss Toucher. I've made a rule That boys and girls u 1 a great deal of play, Y'ou may give these children a holiday" When I'm a man. ' (Kighth Hoy.) When I'm n man. a man. I'll be president if I can. and I can My uncles and aunts are a jolly set, Ami I'll have them all in my cabinet; I shall live in the While House, and I hope you all When you hear I'm elected will give me a call - When I'm a man . '(All in Concert. 1 When we nro men. nro men. We hope we si i ll do great thing, nnd then Whatever wo do this thing we say. We'll do our work in the very best way. And you shall see if you know us then. We'll bo good nml honest nnd useful men When wc nro men. This is an exercise for eight boys, w ho should have appropriate costumes, or nt least implements, nnd net liicir parts as spuken. Cork Toys, A doll's house can be completely fur niwlied wilh cork furniture for the girls, and nil the toy nninials n buy could wish for can bo made for the boys. All the materials needed to make these toys are some vrks, yarn, pins, toothpicks, pasteboard and a tdiarp knife and matches. To make a chair take a cork and slick live plus around the edge, pretty close together. Now fasten the yarn on tho llrst pin, then weave In and out, back and forth, until you cover the pins to the top. 1'actcii the yarn and you have made the back of your chair. To make the logs stick four pins at equal distances from one another, In the other end of the cork, ltegin winding the yarn at the top of the pins, ami wind round and round, one pin at a time, till you reach the bead of the pin, then over and over back again, then cross over to the next pin and do the sumo till all nro covered fnd your chair is made. A sofa can be made in about the same way by using a larger cork for tho seat. You can make tables by using large fat corks, and putting pins in for legs. Now for tho boys: I'irst make a horse, because that is what the boys like best. Take four matches for the legs, and sharpen theni so that they will go Into the cork. Then cut the bead out of pasteboard and a dot of Ink will do for eye.;. Make the hair with pen and ink, then cut a slit in one end of the cork and slick this in. Make a tail out of some worsted and cut a hole in the back of the cork, placing this In it. Y'ou can make a bird by using a cork fur the body, matches fur the nock and legs, ami split a cork In two for a standard. Cut the head out of paste board and stick chicken feathers in it aud in the body. Little Tnut-lis. Once upon a time there was a groat king who employed his people to weave for him. The silk and wool and pat tern were also given by tho king, and he looked for diligent workpeople. Ho was very Indulgent, and told them when any difllciilty arose to send for him, and ho would help them, and never to fenr troubling him, but to nsls for help nnd Instruction. Among many men anil women busy at their looms wns one little child, whom the king did not think too young to work. Often alone nt her work, cheerfully aud patiently she labored. One day when the men and women were distressed nt the sight of their failures the silks were tangled and the weaving unlike tho pattern they gathered around tho child and said: "Tell us how It Is that you nre so happy in your work. We are always in diili culties." "Then, why do you not send for tho king?" saiil the little weaver. "lie told us that we might do so." "So we do, night and morning." "Ah!" said the child, "but I send di rectly I find a little tangle." A Query, Klsle has reached the nge, hor paivii!.-! think, where she should be taught something of the rewards and punish ments hereafter. The description of the angelic hosts especially interested her. An angel, she was told, is that part of us that lives forever, either in bliss for Its gooduess or iu toriuctit for wickedness. Tho other day sho saw a picture purporting to be that of an angel. After studying It carefully. s!m turned to her mother with: Mamma, angels don't havo bodies like us 7" "No," she was answered. "Or u flesh?" "No." "Hut they have wdi.s? ' "Y'es." A profound pause; then sc asked, "What do they fasten the u in.;s to?" It Wnn IMtlcrent. "Y'es," said Archie, "I should ml'm!-.' to be a soldier, to carry a sword and gun and load my men through fasimv-s es In the mountains, whore the etn-tuy lie concealed two to our one, ami v.- would die like heroes with our boots on." "Archie." said his mm her. "go into the woodshed and get me an arinl'ul of kindling." "Will yon hold the light, mainiini?" "What do you want of a light':" in quired his mother. 'I'm a-f-r-a-i-d." "l'cople" op "Persons." A correspondent of the Critic is tv minded by something "that there is on word which is misused by every jotv nallst and every author wherever tin Kiigllsh language is w ritteii- tlie word people.'" The misuse complained o! consists in using "people" as the plur.: of "person," and an instance of it credited to Mr. llowells. who is i i'.i; eised for writing of "three i pie" si: ting in a room. The authority who erit iclscs 1 1 i 111 points out that "people" K ; collective noun, and can properly be ap piled only to a nation, a tribe. :l ... or a community, mid that such a phrasi as "lifly people were Injured" is "Mop py Knglish." "For twenty-live years. says this complainant, "1 have kept m eye on this little word 'people,' and ! have yet In find n single Knglisli m American author who does not mistisi It." It seems to have occurred to him tli i .grammar is subservient to language and not language to grammar. If tin host British nnd American authors i. . i the last twenty-live years have oeea siotially used "people" ill the sense o: "persons," there would seem to bo war rant for tho suspicion that in the pics cut status of the Knglish language tha usage Is permissible. "Persons" is ; hard-worked word, and writers wine literary ear Is sensitive will hardly In estopped from relieving the strain on '. at times by using 'people" ill its stead Whenever the misuse of a familiar w on has become universal, It seems sale ; recognize that the word as n.isusod i: necessary to convenience of expression nnd when nny word In nny sense lu: proved Itself necessary. Ii might a.; wel have spnoo allowed It In the diet loici i and be accepted.--Harper's Weekly. Wild Ynk. The yak, or wild ox of Tibet, b.. suflleloiit spirit to turn and a i tack :: hunter. If It had more perseverance ii would prove n dangerous enemy. Col Prjevalski. In his account of his travel in the Tibetan mountains, naira'es ui adventure which illustrates the yak disposition: I was returning to camp when I sav. several old yaks grazing on a little phi toau. I tired on them, and one fell an slipped down the snowy slope. Sutiiim by his fall, he lay mm Ionics at tin bottom of the ravine. I ran to him. A siinn as he (siw me, some hundred feci away, he rose and tried to tlee. I tired but the ball did not touch him. Then he turned and rushed at me. 1 had only two cartridges; I tired one a distance of seventy feet, ami one .;' a distance of fifty feet. He si.. pin when he was quite near me. holding h: head down nnd lashing his sides wiii Ids tail. I was near enough to see his linl, eyes and tho blood which ran from b -nostrils. If ho had had a little imn decision and energy I should have bee: lost. 1 could not get away, ami 1 ha no w eapon but my empty gun. We stood looking at each other. P-o-ently be raised his head and slop,!, lashing his sides. Kvidctitly he v. a gottit.g over his anger. I threw mysc! on the ground, and without taking u. . eyes from him, crawled backward s m sixty feet. Then 1 jumped up ar walked away as fast as possible. I d not breathe freely vntil somo "on IV lay between us. No Doubt. She Oh, I was no happy 1 J : hugged myself. He I suppose that was one of t e occasions w hen your oft-express, ,; w that you wore a man was ear:".s Indianapolis Journal. 1'ncle Khcn'a Reflection. "Some people seems a heap sl-y aht o' misplaclti' 10 cents wuf o' ty," said X'ncle Kben, "din dey 's . gittin' swindled In er mlniii' schc;;io a , a eontldeuee game." AVashlntoii S;u; AUK-UTLTUIML TOPICS. TRIMMISO AlTI.r, TREES, Apple, trees tuny bo pruned or trimmed nt nny time, between the fall ing of the loaves and tho ("tiirttug of the buds. February or March aro tho favored mouth with most fruit growers. Trees that hnvo been lropcrly cared for when jouiig do not require very mush trimming after wards, tho main point being to koep tho centre of tho trees open, so as to admit freely light uud nir. Now Eng land llomcfctciul. MfXIN-n MANTIiES WITH MCCK. Muck, by which iu this country is generally meant vegetable mold, is too poor in fertility to warrant carrying far or much handling. As for mixing it with stable manure.'!, wo would not advise such n praclie?, as tlio mauttro without the mii'-U is none too cllieieut. Tiiero is one partial exception to this rule. When a heap of manure is for m.ntin.cf it .-ave-i lite waste of am monia to throw ov. r the pilo a small quantity of voidable mould, aud this when tho heat) ii turned mutt bo mixed wilh the htublo manure. wria.s rs mus- n -i:mi:nts. livery basement b:iru built for hotisiii'.; stock should ii ive a wi ll under il. Ju this way v.at.r of proper warmth can bo always s cure I for cattle, mi 1 a tub or In ttle l;ejt full all the time will aid greatly to their comfort. It is well for all stock to run out of door; iu cold weather for awhile each day, but tlio animals ought never to be forced to drink water nearly or ipiito down lo tho freezing temperature. We have scores oi times seen cows turn away from tho water under a hole iu the ico becauso they were, so chilled that further drinking of icy water was impossible Much of tho lack of thrift of cattle iu winter i-.i duo to drinking ico cold water, and v. ili be remedied by having n supply of walcr from a well iu tho barn basement. -llostou Cultivator. rofifuv Msmst:s. Most of tho diseases that afllict poullry aro the i ll'cets of unsanitary surrounding-, an 1 due entirely to tho (iirol-H-ueM or indiiU-roiieo of keepers. Naturally poultry is not sickly, and if given proper c.:rc will keep in good lu'iilth without beinif ilu-ed with any drugs or lHistrum. of any kind. Tho writ, r Inn ha 1 a good many years of evp'Tlcnce ill poultry keep ing, and iu tiiat timo has never found it n. ec-: cry to ;,ive any great amount of me-lvinetohM docks, l'uro ford, pure water, comfortable quarters and c'ciiijliiiC" ia all the i -arroiiudtugs of the llocU will i" -nro its health aud thrift. Tho poultry keeper who has "bad luck" with hi flock aud finds it dwindling away from Iho o licet of dis ease in nine limi.s out of ten receiving tho just penalty for some of his Kins of omission. The Silver Knight. fs-iii:.M.Tin'iTj mop. Fanners do not - com to be avraro of tho double lo-s sustained through tho grinding of c 'us by millers, says A. 1'. Steele, ot JYnn-ylvania. Corn is taken to tho mill at tho rate ot scvonty pounds to tlio bu-ud. I'ourtecn pounds nro deducted J'or cobs uud aro not paid for, but the miller grinds those with oat hulls, making No. 3 chop, which soils at .r?12 to 1 1 per ton, thus giving the jui'ler u clear profit. This olicnpohop isuuheatthful and its sale should uut bo allowed. A friend of mine recently lost two shoato and was uikiMj to ns-igu a cause. Ho culled a veterinary .surgeon, who fjuud that death h id resulted from clogging of the intestines with this cheap chop. The man ha ! paid s" for a half ton of chop aud h i l lost --"el from its use. The inaiiu!u,''.iire and sale of it should, bo stopped an ! then tln ro would bo an incrca-'col demand for rye, oats ami corn. State, (irange Master Leonard lihono is tnve-ti ..-ating the matter. Why shonl lift we have pure food laws tor tho animals a well as for huuiim boingf? American Agriculturist. To I'tYsono Flowers' Colors, The natural colors of flowers ma lio preserved with almost their orig inal brilliancy u;ter beiiii dried very thoroughly in sand. The Cbirdneri' Monthly, which suggests this umplo process f. r m inn aei'trin ; artificial llowers, -kites tj.it tho most d"l'0iio flowers ca:i be made in this way t v loo'.: for several years ns though tin hia been fri-h.y gathered. The f v.ver fill on M bo pkic I ia a pan or ot!.. r dis'.i and coV' red with perfectly clean, dry sat; !. Th s sh,-,n hi bo sifted over the flower so as not t. br- ak or bruiso tho petals. Ilv. rv clunk and or.iuny kh.iuld be life 1 without di-turbin.; tho natural po-itiou of tho leave. Witeti t ho pan is fall an I every crevico Ihh been tilled solidly the llowers nro a' lowed to dry tor several days. It l'i often i il. -olive to warm tlio mud and keep the buried lluwer in n W'ir'U oven. The t-nu I should not bo re moved, great eiro K ing taken not t break or tear tho leaves, which will bo verv brittle. The Filed Spoiled, Senab'-r Voorhtes once had suceeodo ia iSuiivcrin v an appeal which hi. ' brought tears to tho eyes of siver i jurymen. Then arose tlio prosecuting attorney, a grr.'l'oid man, with a pip iug voic and ua-al twang. "tlcut:-.-meu," t lid he, ileliber itely, "y i might as well understand from ti: beginning that 1 ata not boring for water." TLi i proved m elleetunl wet blanket to tlio emotions excite by Mr. Voorhees that ho reali.o I ll -j futility of his own "boring." 4,r gou int. Fishers vs. Farmers. An ncr i of good fishing ground Lt tho son will yield moro lood iu a week than nu aero of the l est lend will do iu a year. riiilndelphia Tre ss.